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OverviewIn the 1960s, Canadians could step through time to eighteenth-century trading posts or nineteenth-century pioneer towns. These living history museums promised authentic reconstructions of the past but, as Time Travel shows, they revealed more about mid-twentieth-century interests and perceptions of history than they reflected historical fact. An appetite for commercial tourism led to the rise of living history museums. They became important components of economic growth, especially as part of government policy to promote regional economic diversity and employment. Alan Gordon explores how these museums were shaped by post-war pressures, personality conflicts, funding challenges, and the need to balance education and entertainment. Ultimately, the rise of the living history museum is linked to the struggle to establish a pan-Canadian identity in the context of multiculturalism, competing anglophone and francophone nationalisms, First Nations resistance, and the growth of the state. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan GordonPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780774831543ISBN 10: 0774831545 Pages: 372 Publication Date: 15 January 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Living History Time Machines Part 1: Foundations 1 History on Display 2 The Foundations of Living History in Canada 3 Tourism and History Part 2: Structures 4 Pioneer Days 5 A Sense of the Past 6 Louisbourg and the Quest for Authenticity Part 3: Connections 7 Fur and Gold 8 The Great Tradition of Western Empire 9 The Spirit of B & B 10 People and Place 11 Genuine Indians Conclusion: The Limits of Time Travel Notes IndexReviewsAs a comprehensive history of public history in Canada, Time Travel is a welcome text. ... Time Travel does a wonderful job of connecting experiments in living history with that national past. -- Claire Campbell, Bucknell University * Historical Studies in Education * ... Gordon pulls together a staggering amount of materials to provide a compelling glimpse into the history of living history. He illustrates the contradictions that abound-the tensions between scholarship and entertainment; between National and multicultural remembrance; between the colliding narratives of settler and Indigenous histories. There is more to be written on this story, and Gordon has made a significant contribution to this area of historical scholarship. Time Travel is a useful roadmap that scholars might utilize to explore the fascinating contradictions and interplay between narrative, history and authenticity, so exemplified in the living history museum. -- Sean MacPherson * BC Studies * Author InformationAlan Gordon is a professor of history at the University of Guelph. He has written extensively about memory, commemoration, and the uses of history. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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